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Nonprofit organization
Empowering women survivors of all forms of abuse
Creative, safe, healing space
Podcast | Speaker
Storytelling and The Arts
Denver based

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10/29/2026

Sometimes our bodies tell us something before we have the words to explain it. 💜

Inside When Fear and Bravery Collide, we don’t just move, play, and create. We make space afterward to notice what happened.

What did we feel? What surprised us? What did our bodies reveal? And how might those discoveries connect to the ways we move through our everyday lives?

These reflections are an important part of our work. They help us bring what happens inside the studio into a deeper understanding of ourselves.

This is just a glimpse into the conversations unfolding among the women in our current cohort.

✨ Applications are now open for our January 2027 cohort of When Fear and Bravery Collide.

No theatre experience necessary. Participation is free.

Learn more and apply through the link in our bio.

10/27/2026

“I didn’t really want to leave, but I didn’t want to stay.”

There is so much contained in those few words.

When you’re living with coercive control, the question of staying or leaving isn’t always as simple as people on the outside imagine.

You may love someone and be afraid of them. You may question your own perceptions. You may spend years trying to be more understanding, more accommodating, more careful with your words, hoping that somehow things will get better.

And somewhere along the way, you may begin to wonder if you’re the problem.

In Part Two of her conversation on Brave Hearts Speak, Iris speaks about these experiences with remarkable openness.

One of the moments that stays with me is when she describes finally feeling validated in her fear.

Because sometimes an important part of reclaiming your voice is having someone listen without minimizing, questioning, or telling you what you should do.

Sometimes bravery begins with being able to say, “This is what’s happening to me.”

Thank you, Iris, for trusting us with your story. 💜

🎙️ Listen to The Insidious Nature of Coercive Control, Part Two of Iris’s story, on Brave Hearts Speak.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Link in comments.

10/26/2026

One of the things I love about the work we’re doing in When Fear and Bravery Collide is that we don’t just move from one creative exercise to another without stopping to notice what happened.

This past Saturday, Erin Anderson joined us to bring dance/movement therapy into the group and help the women connect more deeply with their bodies.

Afterward, we made space to process what they experienced.

And I love what Katisha shares here about sadness, love, and giving herself the support she needs.

These moments matter so much to me.

Sometimes an exercise brings up something unexpected. Sometimes a woman discovers something about herself. And sometimes hearing another woman’s experience helps us understand our own a little differently.

We don’t want to blow past those moments. We want to make room for them.

That’s how awareness grows. That’s how community grows. And that’s part of what makes this creative process so meaningful. 💗

10/26/2026

**I don't want to tell women what healing is supposed to look like. I want to give them opportunities to discover that for themselves.** 💗

One of the things I believe deeply is that women who have experienced interpersonal abuse often carry an incredible amount of creativity that has never had the opportunity to come forward.

Sometimes that creativity has been silenced. Sometimes it has been discouraged. And sometimes a woman simply hasn't had the opportunity to discover what she loves.

Maybe she wants to act. Maybe she wants to dance. Maybe she has a story to write, a song to sing, or something important to say from a stage.

Maybe she doesn't know yet.

And that's okay, too.

That's what we're trying to build at The Brave Women's Community Center.

Not one program. Not one prescribed path. But a community filled with opportunities to explore, create, connect, play, and discover.

The photographs in this carousel are from the work we're already doing. Women taking creative risks, laughing together, experimenting, and showing up for one another.

I want so much more of this to be possible.

More accessible programs. More scholarships. More creative arts therapies. More skilled artists and facilitators. More opportunities for women to discover what speaks to them.

**Your support helps us build more doors for women to walk through.**

And I hope you'll consider helping us open a few more.

You can make a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter through Colorado Gives:
https://mtyc.co/qhu6kf

And if you're not in a position to give, sharing our work with someone who might connect with our mission means so much, too. 💗

10/23/2026

What if the next chapter of your story began on a stage—not by reliving your past, but by discovering who you are becoming? 🎭💗

When we experience interpersonal abuse, we can lose connection with our voices, our creativity, our confidence, and even our capacity for joy.

But those parts of us don't have to remain hidden.

When Fear and Bravery Collide is a FREE, nine-month creative theatre experience inviting women to explore what becomes possible through therapeutic improvisation, movement, storytelling, play, and the extraordinary power of creating something together.

This isn't about performing your trauma or becoming a professional actor.

It's about rediscovering your voice, experimenting with bravery, laughing, taking up space, and building an uncommon community of women who encourage one another to grow.

Together, we'll create an original theatrical production—not from a place of perfection, but from curiosity, courage, and collaboration.

✨ No theatre experience necessary.
✨ No expectation to share your trauma story.
✨ Just a willingness to explore, create, and connect.

**APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!**

📍 Denver area
🗓️ Beginning January 2027
💗 Completely FREE/ Stipends Available to Participants Who are Chosen

Presented by The Brave Women's Community Center in partnership with the Rose Andom Center, with support from Unlikely Collaborators.

Your voice matters. Your creativity matters. And there is room for you here.

Learn more and apply:
https://bravewomenscommunity.com/fear-and-bravery-2027-1

10/22/2026

💗 What if finding your voice again could begin with play?

What if bravery looked like laughing again? Moving freely? Trying something new? Discovering parts of yourself you thought you’d lost?

When Fear and Bravery Collide is now accepting applications for our January 2027 cohort!

Presented by The Brave Women’s Community Center in partnership with the Rose Andom Center, this FREE, nine-month creative theatre experience brings together women who have experienced interpersonal abuse to explore bravery, creativity, connection, and new possibilities.

Through therapeutic improvisation, movement, storytelling, laughter, and play, we’ll build a community of women who will eventually create an original theatrical production together.

✨ No acting experience necessary.
✨ No pressure to share your personal trauma story.
✨ Just a willingness to explore, create, and connect.

We are looking for women in the Denver area who want to be part of something extraordinary.

🌸 Applications are OPEN for January 2027!

Learn more and apply here:
https://bravewomenscommunity.com/fear-and-bravery-2027-1

Know a woman who might love this opportunity? Please share this with her. You never know whose life you might touch. 💗

10/19/2026

🎬 Meet Heather Dalton, the filmmaker behind When Fear and Bravery Collide!

We are so excited to welcome Heather to this extraordinary project!

With 30 years of experience in Denver media, Heather brings an incredible depth of storytelling experience, a passion for the arts, and a commitment to sharing stories that deserve to be heard.

But what excites me most about having Heather involved is what we’re creating together.

When Fear and Bravery Collide isn’t just about putting on a theatrical production. It’s about what happens along the way.

It’s about women who have experienced interpersonal abuse stepping into unfamiliar creative territory, discovering parts of themselves, experimenting with new ways of expressing themselves, building relationships, laughing, taking risks, and perhaps seeing themselves differently than they did before.

And Heather is helping us capture that journey.

Not just the final performance, but the moments in between. The uncertainty. The laughter. The discoveries. The bravery that sometimes happens so quietly we almost miss it.

I am incredibly grateful that Heather has chosen to bring her talents and her own vision of bravery to this project.

Because these stories deserve to be witnessed. 💗

When Fear and Bravery Collide is made possible through support from RedLine Contemporary Art Center’s Arts in Society program.

10/15/2026

A creative and collaborative space for women who have survived interpersonal abuse.

10/13/2026

What happens when fear meets bravery? 💗

Something extraordinary can begin.

The Brave Women’s Community Center, in partnership with the Rose Andom Center, is now recruiting women for our January 2027 cohort of When Fear and Bravery Collide!

This FREE creative theatre experience brings women who have survived domestic violence together to explore courage, creativity, storytelling, and connection through therapeutic drama and improvisation.

You don’t need theatre experience. You don’t need to know how to perform. You only need a willingness to explore, play, connect, and discover what’s possible when women create something together.

✨ Your story matters. Your voice matters. And your bravery belongs here.

Applications are now open for January 2027!

Learn more and apply through the links provided.

Address

1978 South Garrison Street
Lakewood, CO
80227

Telephone

+17204127858

Website

http://www.bravewomenscommunity.com/, https://mtyc.co/ocq2qf

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